With ever-increasing estimates in insured damage for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma & Maria, the strain on infrastructure and resources to repair them is not abating. Harvey is currently being reported by the Governor of Texas as costing up to $180 billion, media reports estimate up to $85 billion for Irma (mostly in Puerto Rico), and now Maria has varying estimates of losses of up to $30 billion.

In a seemingly endless run of natural catastrophes, there are swathes of the Caribbean, USA and now Latin America that are laid to ruin. With wildly varying repair estimates running up to $200 billion, the hurricanes alone could be the costliest ever seen, now notwithstanding Mexico City reeling from the latest 7.1 magnitude quake.